Re: [users] dd question

[joost@topaz.mdcc.cx (Joost Kooij)]

On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 02:33:23PM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote:
> also sprach Joerg Johannes (on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 02:32:55PM +0200):
> > Good idea, but would need rescue disc wiht xfs-enabled kernel for it, so
> > this one must do it
> 
> huh? assuming that you are going to leave your linux partitions alone,
> you need a debian rescue disk, you mount your previous linux
> installation rooted at /mnt, then you run a chroot'd lilo, which will
> use the lilo.conf and kernel of your previous installation to write to
> the boot record configured in (/mnt)/etc/lilo.conf.

You are arguing why having root filesystem on $my_pet_fancy_filesystem
is generally a bad idea.  I agree with you, but it was not the original
topic of discussion.  :-)

Cheers,


Joost